We will try again today to help you to fix the small complications related to your car. We have not too long ago seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will concentrate on an irritating problem that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Volkswagen Golf 7 . And to answer this, we will first try to understand why the wipers on your Volkswagen Golf 7 remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.

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Why does the wiper of my Volkswagen Golf 7 stay stuck?

So we will begin our article with the explanations of the stuck wipers of your Volkswagen Golf 7 . First of all we will concentrate on the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.

Why are the front wipers on my Volkswagen Golf 7 stuck in up or down position?

We will proceed through one by one the different complications that can cause the front wipers of your Volkswagen Golf 7 to get stuck :

  • One of the most general causes of front wipers getting stuck on your Volkswagen Golf 7 is related to the engine unit that drives them, in fact, these engines can, with time, lose power, and eventually need to be changed. You should find out before the total blockage of your windshield wipers that they work much slower.
  • Less general, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked because of an object that prevents the blades from functioning, have a look up to the axis of the blades.
  • If it is a lack of lubrication, you will discover that your front wipers are going slower, verify fairly quickly the cause of the problems or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
  • It is possible that the front wipers of your Volkswagen Golf 7 may not work because of a faulty comodo. To check this, you need to disconnect the output wires and connect them together, if the wipers are functioning, the comodo is to blame for the problem.
  • Finally, last opportunity, the front wipers of your Volkswagen Golf 7 are blocked because of a power failure, so you will have to verify two auto parts, the relay and the fuse.

Why is the rear window wiper on my Volkswagen Golf 7 stuck?

Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Volkswagen Golf 7 , the roots of your complications are more or less the same. Although there is only one wiper blade at the rear of your car, there are still some dedicated auto parts that can cause complications only on the rear windshield of your Volkswagen Golf 7. So, make sure you carry out the same checks as seen in the previous part of this article.

What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Volkswagen Golf 7?

At last, to do this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to be sure that the wipers on your Volkswagen Golf 7 are unlocked and that they work effectively again.

How to unlock the wipers of my Volkswagen Golf 7?

If it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be the same and we will highlight them one after the other in this part, it is up to you to adapt them to the part that concerns you. If you have other blocking complications such as a fuel door stuck on Volkswagen Golf 7, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on this problem.

  • In this case, you will have to find the engine unit, then disconnect the power cables of this one (be cautious there must be some of them related to the different speeds of sweeping), then take out the brushes and the linkage. At last, you will have to unscrew these anchoring points which are generally fixed on silentblocks and reassemble a new wiper motor on your Volkswagen Golf 7
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  • In this scenario, it will be quite very easy but expensive to replace your commodo, the part generally costs around 200€, once tested you will be able to disassemble your commodo by removing the cover from the back of the steering wheel then disconnecting it and removing it with the fixing screws, you will just have to reassemble the new one.
  • Volkswagen Golf 7 wiper blocked due to a power failure: In this last scenario, you will have to find the origin of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the faulty part

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To discover more tips on the Volkswagen Golf 7, take a look at the Volkswagen Golf 7 category.